Poppy seeds

Today's the day .................... for some facts

Nutty and pleasant in taste, poppy seeds are nutritious oilseeds often used as a condiment in cooking.

They contain minerals such as iron, copper, calcium, potassium, manganese, zinc and magnesium - all of which are important for healthy body.  In addition, dried poppy seeds contain very small levels of opium alkaloids such as morphine, thebaine, codiene, papaverine etc. When consumed in food, these compounds are found to have some beneficial effects on the human body, soothe nervous irritability and act as painkillers. As well as this, its seed extractions are found useful in many traditional medicines - in the preparations of cough mixtures, expectorants, and the like.

Not a lot of people know that ....................